Shigeoka of the Okamotoya (R), Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya (C), and Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya (L), from the series Contest of Famous Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Seirô meikun awase)

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Shigeoka of the Okamotoya (R), Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya (C), and Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya (L), from the series Contest of Famous Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Seirô meikun awase)

「青楼名君合　岡本屋内しけおか」　　「青楼名君合　大文字屋内ひともと」　　「青楼名君合　扇屋内華あふき」

Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban, center sheet of triptych; 37.4 x 26 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.86

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series (?): Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #88 (these designs not listed)

DescriptionThree prints from the same series arranged to form a triptych: 11.17743 (left sheet), 11.17757 (right sheet), 20.86 (center sheet); no VR.

Signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)